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Hannah Waddingham Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1974-07-28

Birthplace:
Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Credits:
61 Total Roles

Hannah Waddingham

Acting

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Biography

Hannah Waddingham (born 28 July 1974) is an English actress, singer and television presenter. She is known for playing businesswoman Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso (2020–2023), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2021 and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in both 2021 and 2022.

She has also appeared in several West End shows, including Spamalot, the 2010 Regent's Park revival of Into the Woods and The Wizard of Oz as the Wicked Witch of the West. She has received three Olivier Award nominations for her work.

Waddingham's film work includes the film adaptation of Les Misérables (2012), the psychological thriller Winter Ridge (2018) and the action comedy The Fall Guy (2024). Other notable television roles include playing Tonya Dyke in Benidorm (2014), Septa Unella in the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones(2015–2016), Jax-Ur in Krypton (2018–2019) and Sofia Marchetti in Sex Education (2019–2023). In 2023, she co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. Beginning in 2023, Waddingham began to expand into voice acting, portraying the snarky goddess Deliria in the animated series Krapopolis (2023-present) and earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance nomination and Jinx in The Garfield Movie.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2027 High in the Clouds MOVIE Gretsch (voice)
2025 The Woman in Cabin 10 MOVIE Heidi Heatherley
2025 Smurfs MOVIE Jezebeth (voice)
2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning MOVIE Admiral Neely
2025 Lilo & Stitch MOVIE Grand Councilwoman (voice)
2024 Tiddler MOVIE Narrator (voice)
2024 The Garfield Movie MOVIE Jinx (voice)
2024 The Fall Guy MOVIE Gail Meyer
2023 Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas MOVIE Self
2023 Krapopolis TV Deliria (voice)

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